Up First from NPR

Up First from NPR secures the #7 spot, a 10-minute morning news podcast that publishes daily at 5 a.m. EST. With 1.9 million daily listens and a 98% completion rate, it outperforms #6 Pod Save America in listener retention by 22 percentage points. Its brevity offers a 40% faster morning briefing than the typical news podcast, making it the default choice for listeners seeking quick, non-sensationalized headlines. No other show on this list delivers comparable efficiency.